FNUS75 KMSO 241245
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR HAMMER CREEK FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
645 AM MDT WED AUG 24 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0626 MDT ON AUGUST 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...TODAY IS EXPECTED TO BE 5 TO 10 DEGREES WARMER THAN
YESTERDAY WITH A SUBSEQUENT DROP IN HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS
WILL LARGELY BE TERRAIN DRIVEN WITH A FEW STRONGER WIND GUSTS AS
THE ATMOSPHERE DESTABILIZES THIS AFTERNOON. CLOUD COVER WILL BEGIN
TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING
DISTURBANCE. THE POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....88-93.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-4 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-47.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6-11 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    VARIABLE 3-6 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-90.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING WEST 6-10 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. WINDS MAY BECOME GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    AROUND THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...PALLISTER
REQUESTED BY...HARVEY CARR
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110824.HAMME.01/MSO